
| Syria crisis situation update (Issue 39)


| On 20 March, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Margot Ellis visited Shatila camp in Beirut where she had the opportunity to meet with Palestine refugees who had fled Syria for Lebanon. During her visit to a family of 26 persons renting a small apartment in Shatila camp |

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| Speech by UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Margot Ellis at 2013 Pledging Conference

| 04 December 2012 It has been one year since I last stood here to brief you on UNRWA’s operations. Events on the ground throughout the region have unfortunately made it an even more challenging, and in many respects, a tragic 12 months. |

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| UNRWA opens Greek-funded school in Gaza

| 22 October 2012 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) opened a new Greek-funded school in southern Gaza yesterday that will serve Palestine refugee children and young people in the Rafah area. |

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| Deputy Commissioner-General statement on International Women's Day


| 08 March 2012 Today, we join the celebrations of the International Women’s Day, which has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The theme for 2012 is "Empower Rural Women — End Hunger and Poverty". |

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| Deputy Commissioner-General statement on the 2012 Emergency Appeal


| 17 January 2012 I thank you for attending today’s launch of the 2012 Emergency Appeal. Since the outbreak of the al Aqsa intifada in 2000, UNRWA has issued Emergency Appeals to respond to the humanitarian consequences of this and subsequent conflicts in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. |

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| UNRWA launches USD 300 million appeal for Gaza and the West Bank


| 17 January 2012 Three years after the end of the Gaza war, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, has launched an emergency appeal for Gaza and the West Bank worth just over 300 million US dollars. Speaking at UNRWA HQ in Gaza |

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| DCG Opening Remarks on World Teacher’s Day Event – Launch of the Education Reform Strategy

| 05 October 2011 It is a tremendous pleasure to be here today to celebrate World Teacher’s Day with you. I welcome you here in this impressive vocational training centre and appreciate your joining us. |

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| UNRWA launches education reform strategy on World Teachers’ Day


| 05 October 2011 UNRWA officially launched its education reform strategy for 2011 to 2015 today, World Teachers’ Day, under the patronage of Ms Margot Ellis, UNRWA’s Deputy Commissioner-General. |

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| Dubai Cares-funded UNRWA school stands as beacon of hope for Zarqa refugees


| 20 December 2010 UNRWA’s Deputy Commissioner-General, Ms Margot Ellis, and CEO of Dubai Cares, Mr Tarek AlGurg, presided over the inauguration of the Zarqa Preparatory Boys School No. 2 today. |

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| The Executive Director of the Qaddafi Foundation met today with UNRWA's Deputy Commissioner-General


| 24 July 2010 The Executive Director of the Qaddafi Foundation, Mr. Youssef Sawani, met today with UNRWA's Deputy Commissioner-General, Ms. Margot Ellis, to discuss reconstruction projects in Gaza and the upcoming visit to Tripoli of UNRWA's Commissioner-General. |

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